In Sweden, mistakes mostly look harmless but their pricetag is often pretty significant. Sebastien Ogier learned about it first hand when he plunged his Polo R WRC off the road on the first stage of the day. He did not try to mask the fact that it was his own mistake and he took the...

These offs in Sweden are not even spectacular, in fact they’re quite dull. Car slides off into a snowbank and remains there. Stupid! Of course, it’s great that crashes are such – I don’t think anybody likes 150 km/h rolls and heavy shunts. But snowy incidents must be very frustrating to drivers. The tiniest of...

So, you want to learn, young Robert? Learn about rally and all its secrets? Fine, fine. Have a seat and let us begin. And so Robert learned about speed, about grip, about driving on dry tarmac, wet tarmac, frozen tarmac, who-knows-what tarmac, slush, snow, gravelly snow, snowy gravel, gravel, he learned about jumps and crests,...

I’m not even thinking about the battle for the lead, it’s not the most exciting thing to look out for. Ok, ok, maybe it is because victory, but it seems there are fights and duels taking place across the field. That, I think, is just wonderful. Sometimes it’s exciting to see one driver and/or team...

Dat Volkswagen, or should I say das Volkswagen. Sebastien Ogier, Andreas Mikkelsen and Jari-Matti Latvala are in the lead after four special stages in Sweden, but they’re closely followed by Estonian ace Ott Tanak. Making the best possible use of his WRC comeback, Ott is currently fourth, only 2.2 seconds behind Latvala. Impressive run for...

Nothing much to add here except bravo once again to the crews of Michelin Audiovisuel. Once again they managed to capture the best moments of WRC action, this time they were at the scene of 2014 Rally Sweden shakedown. Enjoy the mix of snow, sparks, studs, jumps and the stunning slow motion snippets.

Impressive drive, nothing else to say. The conditions were changing rapidly and the surface was all over the place with grip (grip you say?), but Andreas kept his cool and made full use of starting position and well tuned machinery. Not many drivers looked like they were out to push this evening, but Andreas did...

“We want live TV! We want working splits! We want WRC app! We want free cookies!” For months and months these shouts echoed in and around WRC-o-sphere, forcing us to realize how crucial these things are to modern day rally enthusiasts. We had no idea if this shouting would change anything but we kept shouting...